Freeport LNG has launched commercial operations for its third liquefaction train with the commencement of liquefaction services to Total S.A. and SK E&S under their tolling agreements with Freeport.
“The start of commercial operations for Freeport LNG’s Train 3 marks the full commercial operation of our $13.5 billion, three-train facility,” said Michael Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Freeport LNG. “After over five and a half years of construction, which began in December 2014, we are thrilled to now have all three trains operating safely, and capable of producing in excess of 15 mtpa [million tonnes per annum].”
Freeport LNG’s liquefaction facility is the seventh-largest in the world and the second-largest in the United States. In order to produce 15 mtpa of LNG, the company’s three-train export facility will process more than 2 percent of the total annual U.S. production of natural gas.
Freeport LNG’s Train 1 and 2 have been in commerci
